i know, don’t let go, 我知道, 别放弃， it’s coming don’t let go… until… it is time 来到别放弃…直到…那一刻 and i will hollow out my bones 我将掏空我的骨头 and i will fill them up with air 我将注入空气 yeah, i will hollow out my bones 对,我将掏空我的骨头 survive extinction 幸存的物种（尤物） the metaphor for a poem is a bird 可以把诗比喻成鸟 the balance between wind and bone 风与骨的结合 the metaphor for a poem is a bird 可以把诗比喻成鸟 always desiring flight 总是想要飞 我将掏空我的骨头 and i will hollow out my bones 我将注入空气 and i will fill them up with air 对,我将掏空我的骨头 yeah, i will hollow out my bones 我不需要氧气 i do not need oxygen 飞起来,飞起来,飞起来 to fly, to fly, to fly the metaphor for a poem is a bird… 可以把诗比喻成鸟… (SPOKEN WORD SECTION, first in English, followed by full Chinese translation): the metaphor for a poem is a bird the perfect combination between wind and bone but the metaphor for fear is a tiger the perfect combination between soft fur and sharp teeth and it’s gonna bite our ass we are not going to be able to get out of this cage fast enough to make to the sky, to keep ourselves afloat (to fly) i have hollowed out my bones for you with all this waiting i have done pacing back and forth between joyful and lost i am caged, like a lurking poem nudges a pen i have not pounced yet but i want to i want out, i want flight, i want wild abandon, no fear of extinction and i will be there, i will be here, i will find the air to float me if i have to just to see, just to see, just to see if what is written on these bones will come true don’t let go until it is time. i know, i know, i know, i know – don’t let go i will hollow out my bones are these oracles about me, are they about you, are they about our futures? i will hollow out my bones, and i will fill them up with air is it true? is it true? is it true ? it’s coming 可以把诗比喻成鸟… the metaphor for a poem is a bird … is it true? is it true? is it true ? if it’s true, fly into me, fill me, hold me up and bite down with your teeth, hold me against your fur, feed on me, don’t let go until, it is time. and i will hollow out my bones … don’t let go… until… it is time (说唱，中文) 将诗歌比喻成鸟儿 风与骨完美的结合 但恐惧比喻成老虎 柔软的羽毛和利齿的结合 它将我们咬伤 我们还不够快将无法挣脱这牢笼 飞向天空, 让我们飘 所有一切的等待，我为你们掏空我的骨头 在喜悦和迷失间来回地踱步 我被关着，一首推着笔潜行的诗 我还没抓住，但我想 我要挣脱，我要飞翔，我要野性的放任 不畏惧被灭绝 我将在那里，我将在这里 我将找到浮起的空气 如果我必须 等着看，等着看，等着看 如果这些写下的骨头会成真 别放弃, 直到那一刻 我知道,我知道,我知道,我知道-别放弃 我将掏空我的骨 这些是神给我的昭示,它们是你们的, 它们是我们的未来? 我将掏空我的骨头, 我将注入空气 这是真的？这是真的？这是真的？ 到来 the metaphor for a poem is a bird … 可以把诗比喻成鸟… 这是真的么?这是真的么?这是真的么? 如果是真的, 飞进来, 填满我,举起我， 用你的利齿, 用你的羽毛保护我， 喂养我，别放弃 直到,那一刻 我将掏空我的骨头… 别放弃…直到…那一刻

I smell a fire, let’s put it out are you alone tonight ? i am a wire dangling down in a very, very old house and you are the only one i want to right now you are the only one i want to burn, burn, burn, burn where are you now ? are your pants alright ? ‘cuz if you’re a liar, i’ll find it out and make you dance all night ‘cuz you are the only i want to… burn, burn, burn, burn let’s build a pile and make it high burn all the lies quit your denial, you know it’s time for us to rise ‘cuz you are the only i want to… burn, burn, burn, burn should have known, should have known my own bed anger is red, red, red should have known, should have known i want this love to burn, burn burn it up

All Lentic material is a combination of both languages. 你问我爱你有多深 you ask me how deeply I love you, 我爱你有几分 how much I love you 我的心也真，我的爱也真 my heart is true, my love is true 月亮代表我的心 the moonlight represents my heart do you know who i am ? 你知道我是谁? last night i sat back and watched the moon rise 昨晚我看着月亮缓缓升起 it was so heavy with lies it was bound to fall 如此的沉重还带着谎言注定要沦落 do you know who i am ? 你知道我是谁？ it was an eclipse 这是一场月蚀 i thought of your lips on the other side of the globe 我以为你的唇在地球的另一边 as I watched the moon hide in the earth’s shadow 就像我看见月亮躲藏在地球的阴影里 it was an eclipse 这是一场月蚀 i thought of your lips on the other side of the globe 我以为你的唇在地球的另一边 do you know who i am ? 你知道我是谁？ last night I stayed up and watched the moon turn black 昨晚我整夜未眠看着月亮变成黑色 i guess that means there’s no turning back… not now 我猜那里没有退路…不是现在 do you know who i am ? 你知道我是谁？ it was an eclipse… 这是一场月蚀… 深深的一段情叫我思念到如今 a time of deep love that I still miss even now 叫我思念到如今 I still miss even now do you know who i am ? 你知道我是谁？ so what does moonlight represent when it disappears ? 当它消失的时候，月光代表什么？ even if I can’t see it is the light still here ? 即使我看不到，光还将在这里照亮？ do you know who i am ? 你知道我是谁？ 轻轻的一个吻，已经打动我的心 a gentle kiss has already touched my heart 已经打动我的心 has already touched my heart it was an eclipse 这是一场月蚀 i thought of your lips on the other side of the globe 我以为你的双唇在地球的另一边 深深的一段情 a time of deep love as i watched the moon hide in the earth’s shadow 就像我看见月亮躲藏在地球的阴影里 叫我思念到如今 I still miss even now it was an eclipse… 这是一场月蚀… do you know who i am ? 你知道我是谁？ it was an eclipse 这是一场月蚀

i went down, backwards into time that day i didn’t even know i wanted to stay i went down to your house one day i didn’t know, i didn’t know i would want to stay why’d you have to be so nice to me ? i went down to your house one day i didn’t know, i didn’t know i would want to stay i’m floating down the river of fate if this is predestined by the gods, then you’re the dock of my eternity i didn’t know, i didn’t know i would want to stay why’d you have to be so nice ? why’d you have to be so nice to me ? with the exception of you, no one knows how to love me why did you have to be so nice to me? why’d you have to be so nice (to me) ? well i don’t know where i will go from here this is unfinished karma from a past life well, i don’t know where i will… why’d ya have to be… well i don’t know where is my home well i don’t where i will go why’d you have to be so nice (to me) ? even thousands of miles away i love you

this is exactly the kind of music this is the exact colour this is exactly the way to dance this is exactly the way I am

you rolled out your paintings on the fresh cut grass it was a bold introduction to say the least we poured over your aching following your lead, felt brave enough to ask of course you answered you said i am both the painter and the paint both the sinner and the saint the dancer and the dance these were the chances that i took at once the singer and the song but i got the words all wrong the author and the book then i took a long hard look at myself what were you thinking ? you were like a prophet and i know you didn’t know it an oracle that seemed to fall from country skies you lived your life along the edges left your art littering the lawn and now that you are gone may this song serve as goodbye you were both the painter and the paint… then i took a long hard look at myself all the teachings from my father the words go round all the thinkin’ that i’ve done you know i still can’t figure out what it would take to make you wish i could say we all knew why you would go, why you would go what were you thinking ? you know i still can’t figure out… what were you thinking ? you were both the painter and the paint…. then you took a long hard look at yourself… now let’s take a long, hard look at ourselves and now that you are gone, may this song serve as goodbye, goodbye what were you thinking when you hung your head and died ?

All Lentic material is a combination of both languages. 再次迁移, 飞向太阳 another migration, flying towards the sun don’t worry for your friends 别担心你的朋友们 because time is a road that bends 因为时间是弯曲的路 低头不语, 穿过时光 head bent without a word, crossed into another time this is a migration 这是一次迁徙 but what’s your hurry to chase the sun 但你为何急着追逐太阳 around, around, we’re going to come around 绕着，绕着，我们还会回来 you knew enough to know 你早已知道 that if you turned to go, this weight would 如果你转身离去， pull us together as you 这会把我们连接在一起 float on up 向上漂着 float on up now 正向上漂着 you pull us together as you 你把我们连接在一起 and then you slip back in with your loose-leaf grin 你是那片叶子，崴笑着，悄然飘落在我身旁 you left long lists for your mother 你留给妈妈一张长长的清单 said your goodbyes to your lover 你要道别的爱人们 hung your art on my wall 把你的画挂在墙上 and then you grinned like a know-it-all 你咧嘴笑着好像你已经知道这一切 一个转身, 匆匆别离 an about-face turn, in a rush to take your leave this is a migration 这是一次迁徙 but what’s your hurry to chase the sun 但你为何急着追逐太阳 留下一切已凝结 there’s been a bonding since you left float on up now 正向上漂着 float like a feather 像羽毛一样飘着 wait, wait, what do we do with the weight?

All Lentic material is a combination of both languages. 从未曾学过怎么停 迫不及待要学会怎么停 从未曾学过怎么停 never really learned how to stop 从未曾学过怎么停 是否停下才知如梦初醒, 从未曾学过怎么停 never really learned how to stop we’ve got to hurry up, we’ve got to hurry up and study how to stop the stopping is the waking 从未曾学过怎么停 迫不及待要学会怎么停 从未曾学过怎么停 stopping’s going to feel like waking up the stopping is the waking the rushing is the sleep 是否停下才如梦初醒 从未曾学过怎么停 stop never really learned how to stop we’ve got to hurry up and study how to stop never really learned how to stop 从未曾学过怎么停下 never really learned how to stop only by stopping will we realize that we have awakened from a dream never really learned how to stop 从未曾学过怎么停下 我们要赶紧 我们必须赶紧学会如何停下 如果停下是梦醒 never really learned how to stop we’ve got to hurry up and study how to stop never really learned how to stop 停下将是如梦初醒 如果停下是梦醒 匆忙就是睡梦 only by stopping will we realize that we have